Baseball

As a Junior in 2004: Named Second Team All-Ivy and Second Team All-New England...Took part in the New England Collegiate All-Star game at Fenway Park...Fourth on the team in batting with a .342 average...Finished second for Brown in hits with 53...Fifth in RBI with 32 on the season...Finished the year red-hot at the plate, batting over .420 in the last ten games of the season...Batted .391 in Ivy play, sixth in the league...Second on the team in runs with 39...His 24 runs scored in league play ranked third in the Ivies...Lead the league with 52 total bases in Ivy play...Posted 12 doubles, third on the team...Six homeruns were second on the team...Second on put-outs with 114 on the year...Notched 14 multi-hits games.

As a Sophomore in 2003: Played in 46 games, starting 45...Batted .329 with 51 hits, including a league-high 20 doubles...Finished fifth in the league in total bases with 88...Totaled 14 multi-hit games, including a 4-4 outing against Old Dominion on 3/22...Scored 34 runs, second on the team...Tied for the team lead in home runs with five.

As a Freshman in 2002: A Second-Team All-Ivy selection as a freshman... Honorable Mention freshman All-American...Played in all 49 games his rookie campaign and started in 48...Attained a .299 batting average...Scored 31 runs and had 46 hits, including 8 doubles and five homeruns...Recorded 33 RBIs and 6 stolen bases.
High School: A graduate of Shawnee High School, where he lettered in baseball all four years...Also lettered in soccer for three years...Member of 1999 Olympic American Conference Champs in baseball during 1999 season...Team was ranked first in the East and ninth nationally by USA Today...Baseball tri-captain and All Olympic Conference All-Star...Named All-Burlington County All-Star, All-South Jersey and Third Team All-State...Hit .389 with five homers and 27 RBIs as a senior...Also co-captain of Olympic American Conference soccer champions...Member of National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society...Named to Principal's List all four years (4.0 GPA)...American Legion Boys State representative.

Personal: The son of Gary and Phyllis Nichols, Jeff has two sisters, Jody and Katie...Plans to concentrate in Engineering.